Mali has been in turmoil since a 2012 separatist uprising prompted the overthrow of the country’s president. Following the collapse of the country’s central government, Mali’s humanitarian crisis has been exacerbated by the dramatic rise of armed militant groups which later provoked a foreign military intervention into Mali in early 2013. The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and military missions led by G5 Sahel countries—Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, and Niger—were deployed to combat extremism in the region in April 2013. France has taken the lead in this fight in Mali through Operation Barkhane, which deployed roughly 1,600French soldiers to protect civilians and aid local military efforts. Despite The Peace and Reconciliation agreement (2017) and other international mediation efforts, terrorism and instability continue to run rampant across the region. Over 13,000peacekeepers are working in Mali on what has been called the UN’s most dangerous mission due to the high number of attacks on peacekeepers. The complex security situation in Mali is dramatized by pervasive food shortages throughout Africa’s Sahel region and in the last five years, over 3 million lives have been affected by the highest number of floods registered In Mali’s recent history.
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